Disability Daily Podcast
Discover a new figure or event in disability history each day!
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Saturday Mar 29, 2025
Saturday Mar 29, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate paraplegic professional wheelchair dancer Chelsie Hill.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
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Learn more:
Chelsie Hill
Rollettes
Meet Chelsie (PUSH GIRLS)
Chelsie Hill - YouTube
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate Alice Wong, American disability activist; Canadian polio survivor & engineer Elsie MacGill; & Tashiro Furukawa, Japanese teacher of the deaf & blind.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends.
See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!)
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Learn more:
Disability Visibility Project
Disability Visibility anthology
My Day as a Robot | Where It's AT. The Ability Tools Blog
Elsie MacGill - the first female aeronautical engineer
Tashiro Furukawa's Google Doodle
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Transcript
Today we recognize Purple Day for epilepsy awareness; British dyslexic actor Keira Knightley, quadriplegic American musician Teddy Pendergrass & Thorazine’s FDA approval.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends.
See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!)
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Learn more:
A Brief History of Antipsychotic Meds
Keira Knightley OBE - Made By Dyslexia Interview
The Teddy & Joan Pendergrass Foundation
About – Purple Day
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate blind guitarist Jeff Healey & Jim Thatcher, who developed the first screen reader. It’s also the 5th anniversary of Netflix’s release of Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020).
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends.
See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!)
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Learn more:
Jeff Healey: The 1989 “See the Light” Interview (Audio)
About Jeff Healey - The Official Jeff Healey Site
Jim Thatcher
Remembering Jim Thatcher, Accessibility Pioneer - TPGi
In Memory of Jim Thatcher – Knowbility
Watch Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution | Netflix Official Site
CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION | Full Feature | Netflix
James Lebrecht - IMDb
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act | American Experience | PBS
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate Deaf American stunt person and speed racer, Kitty O’Neil.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends.
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Learn more:
Kitty O’Neil: Fastest woman in the world | Blog | American Masters | PBS
Kitty O'Neil biographical timeline | American Masters | PBS
Kitty O’Neil obituary | US television | The Guardian
Kitty O'Neil's 77th Birthday (Google Doodle)
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Transcript
Today we remember Deafblind American student Helen Siefert.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends.
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Learn more:
Helen Siefert – Distinguished Student Alumni – The New York Institute For Special Education
Life Magazine
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Transcript
Today we explore colorblind Spanish artist Neil Harbisson’s Eyeborg and celebrate American amputee explorer Albert Lin.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends.
See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!)
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Learn more:
Neil Harbisson: I listen to color | TED Talk
Albert Lin
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate World Down Syndrome Day and the birthdays of disability rights activist and musician Kalyn Heffernan and deaf botanist Thomas Meehan.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends.
See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!)
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Learn more:
Street Level Community: Kalyn Heffernan | Season 8 | Episode 4 | PBS
Wheelchair Sports Camp
World Down Syndrome Day
Assume That I Can | Global World Down Syndrome Day 2024 | #EndTheStereotypes
Thomas Meehan: The Horticultural Popularizer - Arnold Arboretum
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate Willie Brown, a California politician and former Mayor of San Francisco with retinitis pigmentosa.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends.
See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!)
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Learn more:
At 90, California political icon Willie Brown still dominates every room he enters
A Strong Sense of Vision
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Transcript
Today we remember Dr. Peter Radtke -- German actor, playwright, disability advocate, and Romance Language scholar with osteogenesis imperfecta.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends.
See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!)
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Learn more:
Talking Germany - Peter Radtke, Author and Actor – DW – 12/01/2014
The Nazi Euthanasia (T-4) Program: Background & Overview
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound